{"id":365,"date":"2008-03-28T01:24:16","date_gmt":"2008-03-28T04:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/?p=365"},"modified":"2008-03-28T01:24:16","modified_gmt":"2008-03-28T04:24:16","slug":"sleek-and-frightful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/2008\/sleek-and-frightful","title":{"rendered":"Sleek and Frightful"},"content":{"rendered":"

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OK, let’s see if I’m getting my blog fixed here with a project update.<\/p>\n

I’ve been working on this bike for about a month since I found the frame. It came from the basement of Northampton Bikes<\/a> and they sold it to me for a song, seeing that it was going to a good home. Now, I’ve wanted one of these frames since I was a teenager and I used to ride the MS150 bike ride (which looks to be a much larger event<\/a> now than it was in 1988 or whatever.). So when I found this frame, I knew this was a golden opportunity. It’s a 1992 r900 with downtube shifters (so quaint!) and short but practical geometry.<\/p>\n

I started buying parts for it when I got the frame. I’ve been getting used stuff and trawling Ebay for parts, but it’s still coming in pretty spendy. The project means a lot to me, though, so I’m willing to do what I need to do.<\/p>\n

Now I’m going to try my newly upgraded blog’s gallery function. Let’s see if it works! Pics and details follow the fold.<\/p>\n

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\"Me,<\/a><\/p>\n

First, a bike has wheels. I’m still learning how to do it. It’s a surprisingly weird thing.<\/p>\n

\"Finished<\/a><\/p>\n

The front wheel, spoked radially, and with a red stripe to make it go faster.<\/p>\n

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Here’s the frame, just back from Sevoian Cycles<\/a>, where Jesse Sevoian powder coated it beautifully.<\/p>\n

\"In<\/a><\/p>\n

… so up in the work stand it goes!<\/p>\n

That work stand cost me about $50 to build. A comparable one would have been some $200. It’s not perfect, but it holds the bike steady.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

This is an Ultegra derailleur that I got on Ebay for $27.<\/p>\n

\"Drive<\/a><\/p>\n

I loved this crank arm so hard, I peed in my mouth a little when I saw it.<\/p>\n

With the Biopace chain wheel (and ugly “aluminum” paint) it was $3 at Richmond Re-Cycles<\/a>. If you’re in the Richmond, VA area and need bike stuff, go to them first. Ask for Evan. He rocks out with his cocks out. I took a Scotchbrite pad to it with some acetone and removed all the paint and crap. I wanted that brushy look, so that was perfect. I tried polishing a bit of it, but it was too, I dunno, mirrorish, I guess. I wanted something more machinish.<\/p>\n

\"Bottom<\/a><\/p>\n

The bottom bracket, properly installed.<\/p>\n

I’m pretty sure I should have gotten one with longer spindles, but I don’t know how to figure that out beforehand. Sheldon does (did?), but I don’t quite understand what he’s saying. If someone’s knowledge is around after they die, do they still know it?<\/p>\n

\"NDS<\/a><\/p>\n

Left crank in place. Yes, that crank bolt is very rusty. It still works.<\/p>\n

\"Downtube<\/a><\/p>\n

Downtube cable mounts.<\/p>\n

I had to Dremel down the concave surface on these mounts to fit the Campagnolo component to the Cannondale frame. Plus, the cable mounts were really ugly shiny nylon. So I went over them with the Scotchbrite pad and an exacto to de-ugly them. Then I did the bolts with the Scotchbrite and the adjuster barrels with a steel brush. They look much less trashy now. They make these same mounts out of aluminum, but I wouldn’t have been able to reshape them. I’m kinda surprised that Campagnolo made such a crud item. Anyway, they should work fine and they look good now.<\/p>\n

\"Wheels<\/a><\/p>\n

Wheels on!<\/p>\n

More on its way in part 2.<\/p>\n

I’m going to be needing a name, by the way. My scheme so far has been “color animal” so, Grey Fox, Yellowjacket, Blackbird, Iron Monkey. I’m open to suggestions!<\/p>\n

(cont. in phase 2<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OK, let’s see if I’m getting my blog fixed here with a project update. I’ve been working on this bike for about a month since I found the frame. It came from the basement of Northampton Bikes and they sold it to me for a song, seeing that it was going to a good home. … Continue reading “Sleek and Frightful”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[31,46],"class_list":["post-365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-making-stuff","tag-bike","tag-making-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glyphpress.com\/talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}